#lucius rystal gibeon..

[amelikos]

I want a whole movie about the original Explorers..

[munna-sato]

Average night camping with the original Explorers.

[sunlesswaltz]

[jadeazora]

Gibeon looks like he's going freaking feral here, jeez... Assuming he got a faceful of Laquium mist and absolutely loses it at some point in the episode.

Here's their full character art btw:

Latias and Latios also cameo:

[swaggycheese]

Pokémon Horizons is great btw

[hupla222]

Pokémon Horizons Ship Names

And now for something not entirely off brand for me. I love ship names so I thought I'd catalog every single one for Pokemon Horizons, excluding the really creepy ships. I've included every possible (legal) combination (at least within the groups), just so even the rare pair shippers can be represented (some of which I made up myself, feel free to inform me if I'm wrong about any of these or if you have any better ideas). On that note, we have:

Liko x Dot - GuruminShipping

Liko x Roy - HorizonsShipping

Roy x Dot - AirTechShipping

Roy x Dot x Liko - CurryShipping

Liko x Ann - DormShipping

Liko x Amethio - PendantShipping

Lucca x Alex - WarmBreadShipping

Friede x Orla x Mollie x Murdock - RisingVoltTacklersShipping

Friede x Orla - BraveOlivineShipping

Friede x Murdock - CaptainCrunchShipping

Friede x Mollie - FrugalShipping

Mollie x Orla - HeartStruckShipping

Mollie x Murdock - CupidShipping

Orla x Murdock - PowderedSugarShipping

Friede x Spinel - Amethio'sAnguishShipping

Spinel x Chalce - StoneHeartShipping

Sidian x Coral - AvalancheShipping

Amethio x Coral - HotAndColdShipping

Coral x Liko - IceCrystalShipping

Sidian x Liko - KnowMyNameShipping

Sidian x Amethio - EmotionlessShipping

Spinel x Sidian - VitriolShipping

Gibeon x Lucius - AncientParadiseShipping

Lucuis x Rystal - LaquaShipping

Gibeon x Rystal - WrongTimelineShipping

Gibeon x Lucius x Rystal - ExplorersShipping

Chalce x Raifort - WrongSideOfHistoryShipping

Zirc x Onia - JewelryShipping

[chaoticdazefire-new]

Waiiit so has Lucius just been like frozen in time inside a giant crystal barrier thing like this for 100 years??? 😭

[yasii3]

Okay hear me out guys I have a theory..

Okay so well all know Lucius is dead right? Like long long gone, older than Diana. If we’re going off of the Amethio and Liko are mirroring each other kind of thing where Lucius is Liko’s relative, and down the line each pair of people in the families are enemies(aka Lucius and Gibeon, Diana and Hamber(not saying Hamber is related to Amethio but you get the point), and Liko and Amethio) what always bugged me is the ages. Like what do you mean Lucius and Gibeon were alive when the “ancient pokeballs” existed, but only one of them are dead and the other is still alive and kicking? It never made sense to me on how seemingly centuries have past since Lucius has been alive, but Gibeon just looked like an average age grandpa.

Well, that’s where my theory comes in. Gibeon and Amethio are actually Hisuian Zorua/Zoroarks. It’s been proven that Pokemon live quite a while longer than humans, and it’d make sense on the time period the trio was alive(Lucius, Gibeon, Rystal). It’d also make sense why Gibeon would be searching for the Rakurium, to power himself up. You’ve seen what it does to Pokemon when Spinel used it on his Umbreon(justice for Blacky), and if the pink smog he’s always surrounded in is that, well no wonder he’s a bit not there mentally.

There’s a lot of holes and unexplained things in my theory, yes, but that’s the beauty of making a silly little theory; it’s probably not cannon.

I’m not going crazy guys

I swear

[l00rem]

spoilers for next ep from the anipoke twitter

we don’t have the colours yet but Rystal kinda looks like Roy’s mom??

[lizzy-not-found]

well I colored them

Original explorers my beloved

[ecargmura]

Pokemon Horizons Episode 75 Review - Memories Of A Long Time Ago

This episode answers so many questions about the mysteries what had transpired a century ago, yet it also raises more questions about Laqua and a lot of other things. Despite that, I think this was one of the best episodes of Pokemon Horizons as of now.

Because the flashbacks were told through Rystal’s perspective, we, the viewers, learn a lot about her. She found Terapagos one day when she was adventuring through Paldea’s Great Crater, but didn’t know it was a Terapagos, so she named it Pagogo. Since her Pokemon was so rare, she’s often a target of bounty hunters, but fortunately, one day, during one of the chases, she meets Lucius who scares the hunters off with his Rayquaza. It turns out that both of them are looking for Laqua, a place often told in fairy tales and thus its existence is considered fiction. People snuffed them for still believing in fairy tales, but fortunately, they found another Laqua searcher in Gibeon who does give scientific evidence that it exists.

They go through many adventures until they reached Laqua and when they did, tragedy ensues to the point that she’s the only survivor alongside the baby inside of her, Layla. It must have been so tragic for Rystal to lose both her lover and her friends all in the same day and that her beloved Pagogo reverted back into its dormant state that she decided to carry it around as a pendant as she lived the rest of her life as Layla’s mom before dying an early death, according to Diana. While Laqua is depicted as Pokemon paradise and is peaceful, not much is explored on it, which is probably for Liko and the others for find out and witness for themselves.

Regarding Rystal, I want to talk about her voice actress. She’s voiced by Yukana, who is known for voicing C.C from Code Geass, Meiling Li from Cardcaptor Sakura and Tear Grants from Tales of the Abyss. I don’t think she was in a Pokemon anime before this, but she really did a great job! I think the only other Pokemon media she’s been in was Pokemon Masters as Mina.

Despite a lot of the flashbacks having Lucius, there’s actually a lot we don’t know about him because it’s told through Rystal’s perspective. We know about what sort of person he is, his ambitions and his dreams. Yet, we’re not sure about his true feelings about Laqua, his companions and the journey. Because of this, I speculate that Lucius is still alive in Laqua, but in a weakened state like how Gibeon is. Given the sinister nature of the Laquirum, I would assume he’s turned evil because of them, but that’s just crazy speculation on my part. I did like that the flashbacks that we saw from the Hero Pokemon in past episodes are actually shown clearly in this episode. The scene with Galarian Moltres nuzzling against Lucius is shown. The flashback of Lapras remember Lucius is shown. I do like that callback a lot! Though, I do like that the one thing we do know about Lucius is that his Pokemon were scattered after preventing a disaster and that’s how Roy ended up with Rayquaza’s Ancient Pokeball a century later.

There’s also a lot we don’t know about Gibeon. He was introduced as someone searching for Laqua like Lucius and Rystal, but it turned out that his goals were more selfish than the other two, who wanted to keep its existence a secret. Gibeon wanted to take the Laquirum and use it for unknown purposes, but it’s also the cause of the tragedy. His actions caused a lot of present-day mysteries like how the Laquirum came to be outside of Laqua and how he is still alive to this day. His actions was also the reason why his Zygarde depowered into its 10% form and stayed that way for a century. Also, notice how different his hair color looks. In the flashbacks, his hair has a gray undertone that Amethio has on the left side of his hair. However, present-day Gibeon’s hair changed from gray to pure white with pink tips. I wonder what caused this change… I do feel like Spinel has something to do with it.

With Rystal entrusting Pagogo to Liko, Terapagos officially becomes hers. While this is obvious with how she has been its caretaker since the beginning, it’s finally nice to finally seal the deal. I’m glad for her, honestly. However, a part of me can only be a bit bitter about this capture from the sheer fact that Terapagos has been a source of trouble for the group back in the third arc. It’s because of Terapagos that some episodes often wastes its run time as the kids try to search and rescue it and then the rest of the episode often becomes clunky. Maybe that’s the writer’s fault, but I guess seeing it be used as a source of conflict multiple times did make me not like it. Still, it’s a deserved capture for Liko. It makes me wonder if Roy and Dot will get their third Pokemon, and if they do, will they be Legendaries or Mythical?

Speaking of which, there’s actually a huge debate on social media regarding Ash and Liko’s main character status and people arguing who was the first to capture a legendary. There’s also debates on whether Goh and Roy are also protagonists. Some say yes while others say no. Just to let you know, in Japan, Horizons is often referred to as the ‘LikoRoy’ anime, meaning both are protagonists, while the anime with Ash is considered as the ‘Satoshi (Ash) anime. Think of it as food for thought.

Now that Diana leaves the group, the Rising Volt Tacklers continue their search for Entei. They decide to track down an acquaintance named Sodayo who is appearing in the next episode. The previews seem to indicate that he used to be a member of the Rising Volt Tacklers, so I’m interested to see more lore on the adventurer group, especially his dynamic with Mollie. I think this has been my longest review for this anime by far. What do you think about this episode? Let me know your speculations on Lucius’s status and Gibeon being alive.

[amelikos]

I really find Rystal's reaction to Gibeon interesting.. especially in contrast to Terapagos or Rayquaza's reaction to him.

Rystal doesn't seem to blame him specifically for what happened, while Terapagos and Rayquaza both got angry at Amethio on separate occasions due to his resemblance to Gibeon which indicates that they personally hold him responsible for what happened. It highlights that the Pokemon have their own feelings and thoughts which can be different from how humans feel. The Six Heroes and Terapagos feel loyalty towards Lucius and his memory above all, while Rystal has different feelings on the matter.

Even the way Rystal brought up Gibeon at the end when Friede asked her where Rakua is, and she thought that Gibeon might know.. and then added that she doesn't know what happened to him after the events at Rakua while looking sad. She thought that they could ask him and considers him as someone they could potentially rely on (the way both Lucius and her did in the past). And her words indicate that she still thought about Gibeon after everything and probably lived without knowing if he survived or not. Rystal lost a friend that day too, on top of losing Lucius, Terapagos and the Six Heroes.

Really, the whole framing of the scene at Rakua felt interesting to me. Lucius tried to reason Gibeon, Gibeon didn't want to listen but he didn't directly attack Lucius or Rystal for disagreeing with his ideas. He was much more focused on the potential of the Rakurium, and the wild Pokemon turned ferocious by the Rakurium were more of an indirect consequence of Gibeon's actions than his intent. Gibeon didn't even see Lucius sacrificing himself either, since he fell in a ravine before that. It adds to the abruptness of the tragedy, everything went by so fast and they didn't exactly have time to exchange more words or truly process what happened.

[silly-little-asks]

MD Lucius and Rystal

Been a little but I'm back this time with the remaining members of the original Explorers.

Just like Gibeon, Lucius was not born shiny although unlike Gibeon he is not in a perpetually Terastalized state. His shininess instead comes from the latent powers that Terapagos bestowed to him, the same powers that would end up being passed onto to Liko eventually.

(Good grief Rayquaza is a pain to draw lol)

[cloudbends]

I wasn't ready for it to be so sad and gentle.... Ohhhhhhfhchhfhcd

[jadeazora]

New shots from HZ75! The original Explorers!

[fyeahexplorers]